[TheForge] Re: corkscrew

[Roy Wilson]

On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:34:22 -0500, Herman, Richard A wrote:

>>that the auger type is kinder to cork than the helical.  The helical is
>>more apt to tear up a reluctant cork than the auger. As a blacksmith, I
>>haven't a clue how to make the auger, with a hammer on the anvil, that
>>is. The commercially available are probably cast or belted out with some
>>enormous power hammer in one blow.
>>Chuck
>
>I don't know, I may have started to make one by accident last month when I
>was
>visiting a friend in Missouri.  He was showing me how to make a tenon using

	Wouldn't twisting flat stock give you a flat auger?  You'd
have to draw out the point itself, but it should work.



Roy Wilson
General Operations Director
Wilson Eclectics